58ft Herreshoff P-Class Gaff Sloop 1911/2002
The Herreshoff P-Class sloop JOYANT: one of classic yachting’s most remarkable resurrection stories, with the provenance and place in yachting and yacht design history truly deserving of such treatment. The late Bob McNeil’s vision and funds, and restorer Jeffrey Rutherford’s skills ensured that one of The Wizard of Bristol’s true masterpieces lives on to race against old adversaries more than a century after conception. Restored P-Class yachts have been gathering in the western Mediterranean in recent years; could JOYANT join them? But you don’t need to race JOYANT to get the best out of her. She takes you sailing, effortlessly and elegantly: take the tiller; tend two sheets; off you go; 58 feet of the purest form of sailing joy.